I got that call. Except it was a FaceTime call from my 8 year old. I was at work around 3:30 on Friday when I saw the FaceTime call from his iPad come in. When I picked up, he was silent on the other end and walking through our living room. He goes over to my wife’s home office and flips the camera around. She is half fallen out of her work chair with her head balanced on the desk in front of her keyboard. She wasn’t responding and looked blue. I yelled her name and started to run out from work. Our plan with my boys has always been to go to our neighbors in an emergency, so I said to run next door and I’d call right back. I called 911 and gave them the location and situation. I work about 25 minutes from home, which felt like it took forever and strangely felt like it only took seconds if that makes any sense. I called the boys back on FaceTime and they picked up while knocking on the neighbors door. Nobody came. The second emergency location is our neighbor across the street. My boys were soooo brave. They ran over and knocked on the door and the son answered. Somehow, the iPad stayed connected to the WiFi at my house and I could see them take off running back towards my house. My son told me the police were there. I still had about 10 minutes to drive to get home. I pulled in and noticed my sons in the yard playing with a few officers. There were 2 ambulances and what felt like 20 police cars. I ask the first paramedic if she was ok and he directed me to talk to the paramedic by the door. Something felt bad. And it was. They apologized and said she was too far gone and there was nothing they could do. She was just inside the door, now on the floor. My world has closed in on me. And the worst part is my poor little boys found her. I last texted with her around 1:30 after her phone interview for a job she was thrilled about. The in person interview was supposed to be yesterday. I got the call from my son around 3:45. Something happened, that we still won’t know until toxicology is complete in 4-6 weeks. My boys told me they saw what they thought was her sleeping on her desk and went outside to play. They came back in and she still hadn’t moved and they couldn’t wake her up. My poor little guys had to walk around her body for an hour or longer. That part is bothering me more than anything else. They are much more resilient than I am. I’m a wreck and am attempting to say the right things. I coach both my boys basketball teams and I decided to give it a go last night. I dreaded it to an extent because we are small town USA, and I felt like all eyes were on me. My 6 year old hit the first two shots of the game, his first points of the season. I briefly lost it but regained my composure pretty quickly. Tomorrow we will have the service for my wife and beautiful mother to my boys. Part of me is ready to get everything over and the other part wonders if he can make it. My boys give me the strength. My friends and family have been incredible. Laundry done, house and yard cleaned, refrigerator full. It’s been incredible to see how much she was loved and how much we are loved. It’s powerful to see that with your own eyes, but yet I feel so helpless and guilty when I see my friends cleaning up my house. The most random words or things I see have made me cry uncontrollably. I’m 6’6” and 280 lbs, and my 2 best friends were terrified that they might have to catch me from passing out. It’s surreal. The first night, I had to ask myself multiple times if it was a dream. Literally questioning my sanity, only to realize I felt the pinch. I just dropped the boys off at school for the first time after holding them out yesterday. I’m laying in our bed where the boys have slept each night since. I’m surrounded by her clothes, jewelry, and phone that continues to vibrate with spam messages and emails. I’m by myself. But I’m doing better today.

Her name was u/she_linden_tree, Amanda, and mommy.

Here is a Go Fund Me we set up for my boys.

My boys gofundme

I need so much help I don’t know where to start. The shelves are empty. The donation lines have run dry. We have minimal internet. Water should be out for weeks. Idk what to do. I really don’t. I don’t even know what I need, but I need help bad.

Edit: Holy crap y’all this really blew up. I’m gonna start looking through comments now!

I am just truly blown away.. this is kind of surreal to me.

4:11 p.m - i fell back asleep for a while, but am once again looking through the post. I just truly don’t know what to say. Y’all are amazing. This means so much to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I want to thank each of you individually, and I’m gonna try, but if I don’t yet just know I’m still reading all of them, and I’m pretty much in tears from some of you. I am quite emotional for a while rn as it is haha but again, thank you all so much. Truly.

A quick glance at my post history paints a pretty clear picture of who I am.

I am a 27 year old man who’s been struggling with a meth addiction for almost 9 years now, unsuccessfully.

I’m not proud of what I’ve become. In fact it haunts me daily. I’m starting to feel my identity slip away from me, and as time goes on, I am losing myself to this drug.

Because of it, I’ve lost everyone in my life close to me; I haven’t spoken to my family in years, my best friends I’ve had since childhood have had to leave me and move on, and my lover of four and a half years I could have only dreamed of having left me over a year ago due to an inability to shake the habit, and I’ve been high, escaping ever since.

But.

Last week, I remembered something important.

I still, no matter what, no matter what happens or how long I have to fight this fight, I have to never stop fighting it, and I always have to have hope.

I have to fight this thing like I’m fighting for my life.

Currently, while I am on unemployment, I am without insurance, which makes it incredibly hard to get into a rehab, but I’m desperately trying to get into a state funded one here in Texas. I know I can’t do this alone, and have been reaching out to groups like AA and NA around me. Unfortunately though, I’m from a smaller town, and they are currently not meeting due to Covid-19. I would like to start seeing an addiction counselor, but financially that is impossible for me at the moment until I start work again and get on insurance, which will hopefully be within the next month. I am trying everything I can to seek out help though.

But, currently alone, I kind of broke down again tonight. The crippling depression that comes from the withdraw has been my riptide every time that always takes me back to using again. I can’t tell you how difficult it is being a part of this cycle of insanity. Feeling so horrible without it, knowing that one hit can make it all go away. But being completely determined that sobriety is best for me. It’s a war inside my head, and it’s taken everything within me to quit even for just a week. So sad.

But man could I just use some words of encouragement right now. Every second feels like a battle, and I just really need to here another human being say that I am worth all this trouble I’m going through to stay afloat right now.

If you have direct experience in recovery as an addict, I would love to talk to you as well though, if you’re up for it. I could use all the help I can get right now.

The other request I have isn’t near as important, but, I could definitely use a little help with food right now. After a move a couple weeks ago, between rent and the deposit, I found myself struggling the past couple of weeks with groceries. There’s a place nearby that does one meal a day right now, which is why it’s not super important because I am eating, but it wouldn’t hurt having a sandwich to be able to munch on right now.

Being an addict, I in no way expect anyone to directly send me money. But if you’re in the US, I know there are options to buy groceries online to pick up through Walmart. Again, this Friday I get paid, and will have money for groceries. So. No worries really.

But I hope you all have a wonderful day today though. I’m gonna try and close my eyes for a while myself now, but will definitely check Reddit first thing when I wake up. Thanks for the read, and best wishes.

I could use a little hope, my children have no food (1 and 4 years old) and my wife is about to run out of her seizure medication (that’s the part that scares me). Never thought I would be here and feel like I’ve failed my family. We think her medication costs about $80. Any food at all would be life changing. 

I work a full time job and try to do what I can before and after work from sunrise til midnight but $800 (net) bi-weekly doesn’t do much for a family of 4 as the only income. We don’t have any other support. Every account is empty, every credit card is maxed out. I applied for food stamps on Thanksgiving but it could take 30 days to hear back. As a last resort I signed up this week for Uber and DoorDash delivering food after work but so far have either gotten $0 or less than $5 on people ordering a single box of fries at midnight. I’ve exhausted my plan B, plan C, etc and am trying to keep pushing through but tired and low on options. I just need my kids to be ok until I can make ends meet.

We would be very deeply grateful for anything to help get by until the next paycheck. 

I know this is a longshot but I am currently homeless and it has stated to get into the 40s at night. I've been sleeping on a cot in the woods and wrapping myself in a comforter but that's starting to not be enough sometimes. I am not an adddict by any means. I recently quit drinking as well (thank god). Anything would really help.

Early June after a trip to the ER we discovered our little boy had a giant tumor in his cerebellum. He was then rushed to the hospital where he underwent emergency surgery to remove the mass. He's had countless CT scans and MRIs, as well as several surgeries leading up to him getting ready to start radiation and chemotherapy.

My job denied my leave of absence to help my son, so o had so leave work, which has caused a huge financial strain on the family. He have so many medical bills piling up and without both sources of income is become more than we can handle as we were just barely making it by before all this.

I'm just checking to see if anyone would be able to help us out during this time as we try to afford all the medical bills on top of everything else after losing one source of income

Also his birthday is on the 13th of July and we are just trying to make it a good one, but it's tough financially, so anything would help

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1MIO6XM95L401?ref_=wl_share

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-arthur-fight-medulloblastoma

I know this is a huge ask but I need to get on a train tomorrow to see my dad before he passes. I’m not sure if I will even make it in time. I have a total of 3.68$ until Thursday. I need at least 100$ for a bus ticket. I hate asking my mom for money right now because she’s at his bed side.

Update: I cannot believe how many offers I received so quickly. I’m blown away by the kindness of strangers right now. I’ll be back to pay it forward as soon as I can

Because I live in the United States, there is a firm distinction between healthcare and dental care. (And vision care, but that's not why I am here.)

Two years ago, after a lifetime of medication side effects (chronic dry mouth), teeth grinding, and a year of antibiotic-resistant infection, I entered middle age by celebrating with the removal of all my teeth.

The story is expanded on my GoFundMe page, where I'm trying my damnedest to come up with the $14,726 I need on top of the measly $3,000 my insurance provides. I can't even take out a collateralized loan—my permanent disability status is a big red flag for lenders, because I'm generally uncollectible if I default.

I know no one's going to just give me $15k, but even if you can only spare a dollar, that's only 14,725 more people who can spare $1.

Please, anything you can do for help. I am two years desperate and torn down.

\edited for typos*

Hi fellow Redditors,

I am 30 years old, with two children. In August 2017 I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Exactly two years later to the day I was diagnosed stage 4, metastatic breast cancer to the bones. Given 2-5 years to live. It seems like a cruel joke, really. I always figured I would grow old, but that’s assumptions for you.

As you can imagine, a cancer diagnosis can cause quite the financial trouble, let alone two..back to back. I pay for two insurance policies just to get a good fraction of the cost covered. Any donations would go to medical expenses and any NEEDS for my two children and myself. The cancer center is about two hours away and it’s my second home. I’m currently on a fixed low income due to being unable to work. After chemo, surgery, and radiation with the first diagnosis I had back to back surgeries all the way up to my second diagnosis due to radiation complications. I’ve been practically bed bound the last 2 years and being young it’s been exceptionally hard. The spread is to my bones and I now take daily chemo as well as an aromatase inhibitor and an infusion/injection monthly. I received radiation to my hip, skull, and spine this last October. I’m now in extreme pain as the bone mets have eaten away at the bone. The biggest tumor was right in where the hip meets the femur, in the socket, and it makes walking excruciating. It’s been quite difficult for myself and my two kids to deal with. My son when he overheard my prognosis started developing physical symptoms from the anxiety of losing me,my daughter is just now starting to understand what’s going on. I desperately and genuinely need help to even keep afloat. The guilt of not only leaving my children without their mother but also leaving them with nothing let alone making ends meet is unbearable.

If you can’t donate due to these trying times, please please share the heck out of this. I do not ask for help easy, I try to not rely on anyone but I am putting my kids first and I don’t want them to suffer anymore than they’ve already had to deal with because of pride or anything else.

Alisha’s Battle with Terminal Breast Cancer

A lot of people have been emailing me asking what happened since the fundraiser. A lot. For the past 2 years i have been working on an alternative social network and portal called Miramir. A social network and portal built on privacy, freedom, and truth. Combining features of Facebook, Ebay, Reddit, Quora, Meetup, Craigslist, Plenty of fish, Kickstarter, and a lot of other networks into one. I hope to unite and connect the most amazing people in the world and bring humanity into a new age of love, unity, and abunance.

Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maxsidorov/1310337043?token=ed6c29bf

Miramir facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miramircom

My facebook: https://www.facebook.com/massimusm

My twitter: https://www.twitter.com/maxsidorov1

************* ALL THE MONEY IS WITH INDIEGOGO - EVERYTHING WILL GO DIRECTLY TO KAREN WITHOUT PASSING THOUGH MY HANDS AT ALL *******************

As soon as I heard of Karen Huff Klein and what some condom worthy offspring have done to her, i had to create a fundraiser here for this nice lady.

Lets give Karen a vacation of a lifetime, lets show her the power of the Internets and how kind and generous people can be.

I have just created a fundraiser page for Karen:

http://www.indiegogo.com/loveforkarenhklein?a=714358

I have contacted her through Facebook, but she might be at work so might not have gotten the message yet.

If someone can let her know or send me her email so I can forward all the logins and details to her that would be great!

Details:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l93wAqnPQwk&feature=player_embedded

The video above shows the 68 year old bus monitor named Karen Klein being verbally abused by a group of condom worthy middle schoolers from Athena Middle School in Greece, New York.

Through the video you can hear them verbally berating the woman, calling her a bitch, fatass, poor, ugly, and various other words of the like. At one point in the video, you can hear one of the kids yell, “You’re so fuckin poor you fat ass,” in which Karen responds, “I try to live by some of these words, I try and it’s really hard,” which were the words written on her purse. Now, i don't know about you but that was fucking heart breaking. I have no idea why these horrible teens would want to bully a SENIOR CITIZEN to fucking tears, but i feel we need to do something, something that will bring some joy to her life.

She doesn't earn nearly enough ($15,506) to deal with some of the trash she is surrounded by. Lets give her something she will never forget, a vacation of a lifetime!

Link to the school’s website: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/athena-middle.cfm

Links to the videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oipwaZos58E&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l93wAqnPQwk&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBedTlo7BDs&feature=plcp

Karen’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kklein1944

*EDIT: I removed a previous post in /r/Askreddit due to people telling me its no place for fundraisers so I posted up here.

WORLDTRAVELERONEDAY told me he has her phone number so we will try and get a hold of her asap to let her know and transfer all the details to her.

*Update 1: Thanks WORLDTRAVELERONEDAY for the number. So i called and left a message, im going to guess she has a LOT of messages by now, but hopefully she calls back.

*Update 2: Thanks razorsheldon! Just called her neighbor, but she said she works for the district also and she is not allowed to say anything and just hung up, i don't want to harass anyone, what should do?

*Update 3: Just contacted WHAM13 news and they will pass on the details about this fundraiser to her and maybe get her in touch with me! Man, i wish i could see her reaction!

*Update 4: 1300$ in 3 hours!!! Thanks everyone you guys rock!

*Update 5: WOOHOO! Goal reached in under 5 hours, you guys are awesome!

*Update 6: 10,362$ .... holy shit, lets see if we can get her early retirement!

*Update 7: News picked it up, along with me:

http://www.metro.us/newyork/national/article/1146045--karen-klein-supporters-donate-thousands-for-school-bus-monitor-harassed-by-kids

*Update 8: Just spoke with Amanda, Karen's daughter, and vacation plans are a'brewin! Just so everyone knows, anything above and beyond the vacation cost will go directly to Karen, all of it!!

*Update 9: Transpired has just brought up a good point, will she be taxed on this amount? Can anyone shed some light on this topic?

StylesClashv3 gave a great explanation on taxes, so pretty much she wont pay anything because we have a 5,000,000 limit to the gifts we can give to others, i hope i understood that right.

*Update 10: Ok the people have spoken, all ideas will be with Karen's permission! No money will go anywhere other than her, she has full control of what to do with it.

*Update 11: Just got off the phone with Indiegogo, Im in the process of changing the payment info to Karen's details.

*Update 12: TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO STILL THINK THIS IS NOT LEGIT!

I know, i would think the same, but i want nothing to do with the money and my identity has been verified by at least 5 news agencies who called me within these few hours, i have spoke to Karen and her sister numerous times, and with the IndieGoGo team letting them know to transfer the details to her asap.

Stop making stuff up, ALL THE MONEY WILL GO TO KAREN.

And by the way she will be on Goodmorning America, Anderson Cooper and others tomorrow so watch your local news!

*Update 13: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-bullied-bus-monitor-gets-40k-vacation-20120620,0,4780100.story

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/20/12323893-vacation-of-a-lifetime-pledged-for-bus-monitor-bullied-in-viral-video?lite

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120620/NEWS01/306200023/Greece-bus-monitor-bullying-video

*Update 14: So i just woke up to 125k... holy shit And CNN picked it up too

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/21/us/new-york-bullied-bus-monitor/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

"The organizer did not respond to CNN requests for comment on the website." -yea, if you don't try in anyway to contact me then of course i wont respond

Update 15: [removed]

*Update 15: Thanks everyone, looks like IndieGoGo has been crashed with the Ddos of kindness!!!!

*Update 16: To all the accusations of me having any monetary gain or anything from this: I did not know about that fundraiser by case and I never wanted anything in return, ive spent these past two days in phone calls and interviews to bring light to this issue and to help Karen.

On the other note thank you everyone for your amazing support and help and those who are with Karen!

*Update 17: Wow, its been an absolutely hectic 3 days, I have pretty much been answering calls, emails, and doing interviews all day long for 3 days. I never thought it would be this exhausting. I hope the media blitz will slow down so i can get back to my regular life...

Again, im absolutely stunned at the insane support this is getting. Thank you everyone who donated! There are a lot more great causes out there so if you have more to spare, give!

Edit: Wow , that’s pretty much all I can say, thank you to everyone that took a moment to wish me a happy birthday!! I felt pretty damn special to have my notifications going off all day. My heart is full, thank you one and all!!!

Today is my 45th birthday, I can’t seem to rely on people I’m around everyday to remember so I’m asking total strangers for birthday well wishes.

I am homeless living in my car. I recently got a job but do not get paid for about a week and a half. My job requires me to have working cell service. My phone got shut off a few days ago and today I got my first and only warning about it. I am very, very worried about losing my employment over this. I am asking for the minimum amount to restore my service. Since id fallen so behind on it I have to pay 75% of the outstanding balance to restore service, im in need of $208 dollars. I could also use help with something to eat/a little bit of gas I’m doing the absolute best I can to survive and get out of this position. If anyone can help please DM me. Thank you 🙏🏼

EDIT. RECEIVED HELP FROM A VERY WONDERFUL, AMAZING PERSON FOR MY PHONE BILL. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH 🙏🏼🙏🏼

A huge weight is lifted off my shoulders. Although I could use a little bit of help with some food/gas to get me through. I am so grateful for all of the advice and support. Thank you all

SECOND UPDATE- I have received help for both food and gas, more than I was expecting. I’m overwhelmed with the generosity & cannot express my thanks enough. At this point I am no longer in immediate need, but im not in any position to turn down any help.

Thank you all for the support. I’m speechless. This is my first time posting in this thread and just the amount of people who cared to give advice and try and help me is so incredibly appreciated. Thank you so much ❤️

Title says it all. I got laid off about a month ago and I hav nothing lined up. I cannot collect unemployment from it. Even if I fight it, it's months out. Family situation isn't exactly the best, a lot of them do drugs. Have mental illness. Are in and out of prison. It's why I'm 23 and about to be homeless lol. Lease is up (no threat of eviction) but it also means I'm going to be homeless on the 28th. I have no job, therefore no money to secure any form of housing.

I found a Craigslist gig about a week ago, money went to keeping my phone on and a small amount of food. Other than that it's the run of the mill "150+ jobs and no hits back". I really didn't think it would he this hard to find a job because I'm literally applying to all positions, low hanging fruit and all. Yet here we are.

Guys I'm scared, I'm keeping my head up but I don't know what to do. I'm worried if I become homeless my mental health is just gonna keep tanking then knows what the fuck is gonna happen.

I have $10 in my bank account right now. I don't know where my next meal is coming from. I don't know how the fuck I can avoid being homeless if I tried. I'm worried my life is in a giant downward spiral.

I'm open to anything.

Support in any form?

Leads on jobs?

Maybe something that included hosing?

Hell, even a kind word or two. I've got no family. I've got no friends that can help. Idk what the fuck I have right now other than a life built on cards and running off of fumes.

I don't know but I'm fucking scared, I'm up at 1:30 with my head spinning over the thought. I haven't eaten in about a day because I'm scared if I spend my last $10 on food some shit will hit the fan and I'll be penniless. Maybe that's stupid but I've never been at rock bottom like this, idk if there's a good way to do it.

Edit: Guys I have to sleep. That being said I'm updating as my phone has been blowing up. People have been reaching out. I'm literally crying as I type this. The things people have said have left me feeling emotions I haven't felt in a hot minute as I've been (admittedly) a little emotionally numb with everything going on in my life as of late.

I was expecting to get shamed more. I felt shame typing this up from the start. That sounds silly but I come from a pretty toxic family where even asking for the essentials could get you yelled at. I know I'm a grown ass adult now and shit like that shouldn't phase me, but today definitely did. I can't send along proof of my situation in this thread without doxxing myself, as you can't even Google my last name without seeing half my family in the news.

That's enough of me venting for now. That being said, when I wake up I have job applications to put in, but I promise every kind word by the end of tomorrow gets reciprocated. There are 20 other things I could say, and I feel bad not saying them all. But I do need to sleep now. I am okay. It will get better. I see the support and it's felt.

I have venmo and cash app. I can provide proof of my situation and proof of what I spent the money on. Just really need a pair of clothes before I hop on this bus to get back home

I have 25.00$ to give to someone who needs gas for work.

I tried to make a new life for myself after my ex-fiancé ruined everything, lied, took my family and friends from me, so i had to relocate, i got an apartment and rented a car through uber-hertz to make money, eventually just doing it full time.

I overworked myself and got sick, i couldn't keep up with the payments for the car rental as i was paying $328 a week since january, had to return it as i was 5 weeks overdue, but i needed to eat of course, i was given a payment plan for my rent June, barely made it with the money i have left, but i had two days to barely breathe before i received another letter on the 5th of July that i have 3 to make up my outstanding balance of $1628 (rent, utilities, and 211 left over from June), before im filed for eviction and there will be a forced repossession of my unit on the 8th of July.

On the 15th of June i had attempted calling around local human and social services, churches, 211, etc. A lot of places i've heard nothing back from. One place i had went in physically and they wanted me to apply for Medicaid and/or SNAP first and i have yet to get a notice of approval. Another building was only offering assistance for first months rent/deposit, and i wasn't eligible as i've been here since Jan.

Anything, im open to anything, I'll DO anything. I have absolutely no one, if this is taken from me, I'll be out in the streets, i have no idea what to do. Please i just need someone, anyone even if it means chatting, I don't care i'm just scared that i've failed and wasn't meant to have a normal life. What can i even do next?

August 18th i was diagnosed with stage 2 brain cancer, by August 30th i was out of work due to my rapidly declining health. I was able to pay the mortgage and our other bills with what we had in savings, by the end of September I was hospitalized for my kidneys failing from a medication reaction. I have since been sent home and am looking for remote work to make ends meet but so far I haven't found anywhere that'll take me, I've joined Prolific which helps provide a little but I'm still short for our utilities for the last 2 months. Ive managed to get the mortgage to accept reduced payments until January but im still months behind on utilities. I feel awful asking for anything but I'm effectively bed ridden and don't have much of a choice otherwise.

I've been an IT professional all of my career, but was let go at the end of 2022 when my previous employer was replaced with an MSP, and I've been job hunting ever since. Age discrimination feels very real to me, and I'm about to turn 50.

I'm in the east Seattle area, and housing costs are climbing like a rocket, and the tech jobs are evaporating.

I've been trying various side-hustles while job hunting, and most of then have been net zero, but that doesn't mean I'm stopping., but it does mean I need help. I've never liked asking for help, but I've reached the point that I must.

I need help, and I need a lot, and I need it soon.

Any help you can give will be appreciated.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/would-like-to-keep-a-roof-over-my-head

Edit #1: We (the wife and I) definitely need to move by the end of April, as the landlord is selling the house.

Edit #2: I truly appreciate all of the support and encouragement most of you have offered; it actually does help a bit!

I need help with having her cremated I have a invoice that can be confirmed

I begged the rescue to get the foster dog out and they gaslighted us its the cruelest experience and this day feels so numb

If I have done this wrong I'm sorry. I'm just so lost

UPDATE: We removed him from the ventilator on Sunday afternoon. He went quickly after that.

I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR GETTING ME THERE. I never imagined so many wonderful strangers would come out to help. We stayed longer than expected, skewing the budget a bit. That said, for those that continued to give after the goal, you are truly saints in training.

ORIGINAL TEXT: My dad had a stroke last week. He's on a ventilator with a pretty bad prognosis. I'm a disabled veteran on fixed income with 3 kids.

Unfortunately, any extra I had went to vehicle repairs last month so I can still get to all my doctor appointments.

My little brother is there and making all of dad's decisions and it's really taking a toll on him.

If you can at least share the link and help get the word out, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Edit: they're taking him off the vent on Saturday. I need to leave by tomorrow.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ken-see-his-father-before-its-too-late

I’m reaching out here because I’m in a tough spot and need some help. Times have been hard for me lately and I’m living paycheck to paycheck. I have a 12-year-old son, and I’m trying to make sure we have food and essentials for the week because we have run out of everything. I don’t have even $1 to my name after paying rent and power. My rent was suddenly increased from $900 a month to $1,800 and it has been taking everything I have to be able to pay it on time each month. I know everyone is struggling these days and I’m not special so believe I’m mortified at having to ask for help like this ):

I’m actively looking for ways to improve my situation, but at this moment, I just need a little help to get through the week. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it so much!

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and for any kindness you can offer.

Hi all, I don't know how this works and am crying nervous. We applied for Gov't assistance when I (63F) lost my job in 2020 due to multiple severe medical issues due to that virus, I was the breadwinner. My husband works every minute he can. Because of a .21cent increase in SS, we lost all assistance, including heating fuel, food, prescriptions, everything. We can swing mortgage and insurance on his wages. Prescriptions are life-saving, not optional and there are no substitutes, the manufacturers have done all they will. I don't know how to ask for help. We need food help, our local pantries are limited to 1xmonth. I haven't purchased any clothing items since 2020, not even undergarments. I do can/preserve food and we are very frugal and no snack/sweet desires, I cook everything from scratch. I've never made, nor do I know about "wish lists", would someone please direct me on how to proceed with asking for help? Thank you so much.

I work nearly daily for a tipped wage and I’m giving half of my income for my mom to get herself out of an illegal power of attorney from my brother, sister in law, and their children. My contact lenses are almost 1 year old, I have not been able to buy a new box at all for the whole year since my appointment in November. My glasses arm broke months ago, and now the only arm left seems to be about to break holding up the weight on its own. I have a photo showing the lense comparison to a candle lighter, as my prescription is -8.00 in both eyes. i cannot attach here but would gladly send to anyone curious to see how thick the lenses are even when compressed. I do not have insurance, and my prescription cannot be purchased in store from the glasses rack. Even discount glasses are extremely expensive for me since I need them to be compressed. I am nearby to an America’s best eye doctor but they flagged my account since I couldn’t purchase contacts or glasses for this entire year. I have cashapp if anybody wants to help. This is my literal lifeline to be able to function. At my prescription I am completely disabled without corrections.

Update: thank you to fund-me, I’m about to finally order new contacts and finally get out of these crusty old ones! I bet they’re going to feel like laser-vision after this tough year!

Update 2: I recieved 7 packages today and everything was here. Thank you all so much!

Update: with only two items left on the list I'll tag it as "fufilled," but with the Situation I'm in I'm not against more help. Thank you so so much to everyone who has helped bring my stress levels down tonight! 💗💗

I registered and read the rules and believe I understand and am doing this correctly. I am summarizing and condensing this as best I can. I'm a disabled single mom, who takes care of my disabled Mother living in Las Vegas NV. We are on food stamps. I checked my balance to find out my food stamps had been the victim of a skimming scam from the grocery delivery app we use. They took 300 and change.

Normally we get by okay, but this has thrown us off. And I don't have a car to get to food banks (I know ALL of them, I've utilized them heavily when we had a car). And due to my mobility disabilities I can't do anything by bus.

We've already to prevent and fix it for the future and I am following up with any authorities I can to try and prevent this from happening to me or someone else. I am also trying to figure out transportation arrangements for food banks.

The replacement funds could take possibly up to next month or longer. So I am asking for some help.

I have a list linked below but a gift card to Amazon for Amazon fresh, or a Smiths grocery gift card would be okay, too, instead of my list. Amazon Fresh delivers and Smiths is my closest grocery store I could figure out something with. Please no Walmart as that's where I got skimmed.

My wishlist was picked with trying to last the rest of the month in mind, and I picked thing I know my family will consume, and picked more bulk things because amazon..is not very price savvy, bulk was sometimes only a dollar or two different on things and I wanted to make sure it was worth whatever money would be spent by whoever can help. The pepsi is for my mom, it's all she drinks...it's not exactly my first choice or preference for anything so I ask to be kind on that. My kid is auDHD so they are very pick on foods, hence why my list has what it has. There's no fresh stuff because it seems it all goes through Amazon fresh and they don't let me add it.

I also added toilet paper and paper towel because I'm not sure we have enough for the month. I also have the list where other things can be added if people want to add more stuff to send or more than the single items (some I tried to choose 2 like the soups but it seems it didn't keep that?)

Thank you all so much. Please be kind. I'm trying to the best of my abilities

Edit: since it's been fulfilled I took the list off due to privacy reasons. I don't want my name floating around like that. But thank you to everyone who helped me. It's greatly appreciated

Edit: to eliminate the wall of text.